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Ravenhawk · Jun 17, 2010, 12:37 AM // 00:37

omens' commission. Added some very minor adjustments that didn't make it to the Canthan Workshop deadline

Will be working on Rydia's art trade and Nova next

Perynne · Jun 17, 2010, 12:54 AM // 00:54

Incredible drawings Raven. Personally, I like the rit drawing the best, but then again, I have a weak spot for them.

I like your use of eye-catching colours, and drawing awesome poses. Can't wait to see more!

Rydia Merchan · Jun 17, 2010, 01:21 AM // 01:21

I love the pose.

Novastormswe · Jun 20, 2010, 09:25 PM // 21:25

yay soon me :3
and very cool RT

Mintha Syl · Jun 21, 2010, 10:16 AM // 10:16

Yay I had guessed right, the rit was on a roof!! Did I win anything?

Ravenhawk · Jun 21, 2010, 06:42 PM // 18:42

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Originally Posted by Novastormswe

yay soon me :3
and very cool RT

Yeah, you're up! Haven't made the sketch yet but should be sometime this weekend.

@Mithna Syl
lol, didn't know there was a contest O_o. Uhm maybe you can win a free portrait sketch like this one?:

http://roguemina.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2s1lis

Mintha Syl · Jun 21, 2010, 07:44 PM // 19:44

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Originally Posted by Ravenhawk

@Mithna Syl
lol, didn't know there was a contest O_o. Uhm maybe you can win a free portrait sketch like this one?:

Don't get me wrong, I was totally joking on the winning

Though I could never say no to free sketches it would be unfair, I did nothing! Unless you want one of my bads...

Ravenhawk · Jun 22, 2010, 11:46 AM // 11:46

Sketches like that only take me 10-20 mins unless I obssess over it ^^.

And on a random note, here's a quick experiment I made coloring without using airbrush. Only did this quickly (think 20 mins) and quite messily but I like how it turned out. Been awhile since I drew full blown anime style.

It's Death Note's Light Yagami

Tommy's · Jun 22, 2010, 12:12 PM // 12:12

Very nice use of colours

Love how you put the reds into it. Just the nose is a bit pointy

Minami · Jun 22, 2010, 02:37 PM // 14:37

I just saw your thread (I started with the last page), and I went "OMG this is awesome!".
Then I went to the first page to sign up to the list, and went "Awww nooooo it's closed

".
Hopefully I'll be checking in here next time your commission queue is open, I reeeeally want a picture of Minami drawn by you...

Novastormswe · Jun 22, 2010, 09:23 PM // 21:23

Omg light

do misamisa aswell

*dies of excitement*

Ravenhawk · Jun 28, 2010, 01:22 PM // 13:22

Apologies to Nova for the delay in the commission. I started it this weekend and didn't like how it was turning out so I thought I had to make 180 degree turn and start over. I was feeling an impending Art Block coming.

I might change the pose that I had in mind for Nova's piece. For now, I started a new one of my three main characters (I find that's how I usually get over my art block, draw something very familiar to me and a scene that paints a story in my head.). They are all my Role Play characters and they met at the Northern Wall. So this scene is actually them getting cornered by the Charr...I wrote a story about it but it's still in progress. So yes, the Ranger and the Mesmer are probably familiar to you guys. The third is my monk Dani. (Which needs to have a wand and her arm possibly fixed lol)

I am targetting to finish this one either today or tomorrow then finally restart Nova's drawing. I now figured out what I did 'wrong' when I started that commission while working on this random piece.

Close up. Just threw in some random colors that I am going to take out lol

Novastormswe · Jun 28, 2010, 03:30 PM // 15:30

no problems, rather have one that everyones happy with then one that got done with speed

Ravenhawk · Jun 28, 2010, 03:36 PM // 15:36

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Originally Posted by Novastormswe

no problems, rather have one that everyones happy with then one that got done with speed

Yay thanks for understanding.

Yeah I tend to experiment a lot in my pieces and when I try it on unfamiliar ground (e.g. someone else's characters), I tend to stop over and re-think myself a LOT. There's a slightly different coloring style that I want to try out for this personal piece and I want to see how it works first before moving to yours. Shouldn't take long hopefully since I feel inspired to draw again

Ravenhawk · Jun 30, 2010, 11:18 AM // 11:18

Can't spend as much time on it as I wanted to *blames day job lol* but it's coming along just fine. Here's a cropped version. I think I am liking this new coloring style. Still rough and monk's arm needs to be fixed =P

StormX · Jun 30, 2010, 12:32 PM // 12:32

very nice piece, i think i like this coloring style better too =) maybe its the use of more sepia/earth tones? cant give better critique, i dunno jack about art lol

Ravenhawk · Jun 30, 2010, 01:08 PM // 13:08

Thanks StormX.

It's not as much as it was with the sepia tone (I am not even sure if it's going to stay that way until the end atm lol) but what I did differently (so far) is not use air/soft brush to paint/shade. The rough/hard brush seems to give the drawing much more edge (no pun intended).

It looks less realistic but I like the comicbook art feel to it.

feast · Jun 30, 2010, 07:38 PM // 19:38

Sick stuff the movement/pose is awsome with all 3 characters especially the monk it looks like she can kick some real ass

StormX · Jul 01, 2010, 06:00 AM // 06:00

Ah, i see the difference now. The outlines are more clearly defined. may i ask what brush you use to do the lineart though? or is it scanned? i've tried drawing with tablet, but i keep getting pixelly looking lines nomatter how high the resolution

Ravenhawk · Jul 01, 2010, 02:07 PM // 14:07

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Originally Posted by feast

Sick stuff the movement/pose is awsome with all 3 characters especially the monk it looks like she can kick some real ass

Thanks! I tried to convey their personalities in their poses/facial expressions. I've had these three characters for several years now and I am very attached to them (especially the mesmer and the ranger. The monk..well, she's not 'here' anymore).

Maybe I'll post the story that inspired this scene here at Nolani so you guys can know more about them. But then I am afraid my grammar sucks (doesn't help that English is only my second language either).

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Ah, i see the difference now. The outlines are more clearly defined. may i ask what brush you use to do the lineart though? or is it scanned? i've tried drawing with tablet, but i keep getting pixelly looking lines nomatter how high the resolution

For the lineart, depends on the software you use. I use sketchbook pro for the lineart since I like how responsive it is (My computer probably can't handle photoshop for initial sketching/lineart so I have to use a more lightweight software).

If you use photoshop, there's a brush that is called Pen Pressure I think. You can then adjust the opacity, flow settings as you see fit as well.

Also what I find really helpful is putting a piece of paper on top of your pen tablet while doing your sketch. It has that pencil on paper feeling that gives me more control (cos I have shaky hands)